we specialize in

expert care

We give the best care for the homeless in Buffalo.

advanced treatment

We provide a home, clothing, and food for our residents.

compassionate staff

Our CORE staff not only tends to the homeless, CORE also tends to plant life.

A Homeless Shelter Serving Buffalo, NY Since 1982 

tabling at 21st Century Fund.
volunteers posing in front of the Little Portion Friary, showing off their landscaping help!
workers posed with checks donated by the BankOnBuffalo crew.

Little Portion Friary in the News!


Meet Our Semi-Finalists! Little Portion Friary: Strategic Shelter Expansion
21st Century Fund Little Portion Friary


Explore & More and BankOnBuffalo partnered to help our neighbors in need through our annual Coats & Cans Drive!
Bank on Buffalo – Explore & More – The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum Little Portion Friary

In June 2025, Volunteer stats increased drastically!
LPF Volunteer Stats Little Portion Friary

An illustration of folded clothes packed into a box.
An illustration of a chicken dinner.
An illustration of a bed.